Detachable watch-pocket.



L. CUNNINGHAM.

DETAOHABLE WATCH IIOOXET. urmouron ruim 1,111.12. 1911.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

, ma@ MH W/TNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS CUNNINGHAM, 0F NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

DETACI-IABLE WATCH-POCKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, LOUIS CUNNINGHAM,

'a citizen of the United States, residing at New London, in the countyof New London and State of Connecticut, have invented ce1'- tain new anduseful Improvements in Detachable latch-Pockets, of which the followingis a specification.

The chief object of this invention is to provide a cheap, convenient andeffective form of supplemental watch pocket, that may be readilyattached to or removed from watch pockets as ordinarily provided invests and trousers and, in carrying my said invention into eii'ect, Ihave made special provision for securing t-he supplemental pocket to thevest, or trousers, as the case may be, and for preventing theaccumulation of dust in said supplemental pocket.

In order to explain my said invention clearly I have provided theannexed sheet of drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a vesthaving a supplemental pocket of my improved form attached thereto. Fig.2 is a relatively enlarged, perspective, view of said supplementalpocket and Fig. 3 is a further enlarffed, vertical, sectional, view ofsaid pocllet, showing a watch therein. Fig. 4 is a detached,perspective, view of a spring which serves to clamp the supplementalpocket to the garment and also to close the said supplemental pocket.

Referring to these drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a pocket formedpreferably of leather and extended at the top to provide flaps 1112, theformer of which is adapted to be buttoned, or otherwise fastened, to agarment while the latter named flap (12) is folded downwardly and isreinforced by a spring 13 in such manner that, when the supplementalpocket is entered in the ordinary pocket of a vest the said reinforcedflap will slip over the outer wall of the vest pocket and will clasp thesaid outer wall with sufficient force to prevent the accidentaldisplacement of the supplemental pocket.

The spring is formed of spring wire, having a portion thereof secured tosaid downturned flap, and having two terminals 15, 15, which areprojected downward along the side marginal edges of the pocket-body, asshown in the drawing, said terminals having lateral,right-angularly-bent, inturned Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 12, 1911.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 602,358.

hooks 16, 16 engaging the side marginal edges of said pocket-body.

The bottom of the supplemental pocket is closed only at its middleportion, as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thus providing openings 14through which dirt or dust may escape into the vest pocket instead ofremaining in the supplemental pocket, in abrading contact with the watchand, in order to further prevent the retention of dust in thesupplemental pocket, I make the same of leather having a smooth innerface and a pebbled, or otherwise roughened, outer face; the smooth innerface permitting the dust to pass readily downward, by gravity to, andthrough, the openings 14 While the roughened outer face provides anincreased degree of friction to prevent the supplemental pocket fromslipping out of the vest pocket.

lfVhen it is desired to use a pocket of my described construction it isfirst slipped inside of the ordinary vest pocket, or trousers pockets,as the case may be, the spring Hap 12 inclosing and clasping the outerwall of the garment pocket and the back Hap 11 being preferably buttonedto the garment, as illustrated. The spring 13 then operates both toclamp the supplemental pocket to the garment and to close the entranceto the pocket. Then the watch is inserted in the pocket it forces thespring 13 and flap 12 forward until the watch has passed below theinfluence of the spring, when the latter seeks to again close saidopening (see Fig. 3) and thus provides a bar to the ready removal of thewatch.

By preference I connect the chain or fob with the watch by means of alink 15 of leather, orother insulating material, so that the watch isinsulated from all metal connection and is thus less liable to becomeelectrified or magnetized.

My described device protects the watch from dirt and also is a guardagainst pickpockets, as well as against electrical or magneticinfluences.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and wish to secure byLetters Patent A supplemental watch-pocket, including a pocket-body, aflap bent downward fromthe top of said body, and a spring forfrictionally holding said watch-pocket in the pocket of a garment andfor automatically closing the mouth of said supplemental Watchpoclret,said spring being formed of a strip of spring Wire, having a portionthereof operatively secured to said Hap, and having two terminals projeeted downward along the side marginal edges of said pocket-body, saidterminals 4having lateral7 right-anside marginal edges of saidpocket-body.

LUIS CUNNNGHAM.

Witnesses FRANK H. ALLEN, JOHN D. BENSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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